Shriveled Impatiens

Shriveled impatiens can be the result of a variety of different things, including if you forgot to water them. Find out about shriveled impatiens with help from the owner of Eden Condensed, small space garden design, in this free video clip.

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Hi, I'm Angela Price from Eden Condensed small space garden design and this is garden space. So what do you do if you have a pot of impatiens that you forgot to put in the ground and you forgot to water them and they've been sort of sitting over in a corner and they've gotten kind of shriveled up. Well I'm going to give you some tips on how to revive these. This can also happen if you put your impatiens in the ground and they aren't getting enough water. Impatiens do need regular water. They're a great plant to have in your flower beds as a filler ground cover because they will spread rather quickly and they also don't need a lot of direct sunlight. They actually prefer to be part shade areas. So you can plant them in a shade garden. But they do like regular water and if they don't get enough water the leaves will start to shrivel like these have here and then you'll also notice that the flower buds will start to fall off. So the best thing to do is to take off all of the dead or dying parts like the shriveled buds and the shriveled leaves. Usually you can just kind of pull these right off. So I'm going to get rid of all of these here that I can. And if they don't come off easily you can take a small pair of shears and just cut them off. Once that's done, you do want to put this in the ground or in to a larger pot as soon as possible and give it some water, don't over soak it just give it enough to let the water drain through and get through the pot and then go ahead and plant your impatiens in the ground or in a larger container. And then you may want to give it a little bit of fertilizer too just to give it a little bit of bump. I like to use a water soluble fertilizer like Miracle Gro or you can use a bed and bloom powder fertilizer and that will give a little bit more energy to the buds as well as to get the leaves greened up and moving again. If it continues to die back you may want to cut it back just a little bit more until you can see whether it's going to survive or not. So if you have any other questions on how to revive your shriveled impatiens, please contact me at www.EdenCondensed.com. Thank you very much.